Wabanong Nakaygum Okimawin (WNO)

      "East Side of the Lake Governance"

 

PHASE 3

Shortly after the status report’s submission, the ESRT was replaced by the East Side First Nations Council, consisting of twenty-one members: sixteen East Side First Nation Chiefs or their designates, one representative from the Métis Nation government, or their designate, and four representatives nominated by the ESRT.  The East Side First Nations Council later was renamed Wabanong Nakaygum Okimawin or WNO.

While the development of the Broad Area Plan remains on-going, the WNO has directed that future planning focus on the development of traditional area land use plans (TALUPs).

On April 3, 2007, a landmark accord confirming a government-to-government relationship between the Wabanong Nakaygum Okimawin First Nation Governments and Government of Manitoba was signed, reinforcing the foundation for the most compressive traditional land use planning in this country.

LANDMARK GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ACCORD ON EAST SIDE OF LAKE WINNIPEG SIGNED BETWEEN

THE PROVINCE OF MANITOBA AND FIRST NATIONS

Accord

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